Indigenous Care Stories - Kelly Stalker
Northern Health’s Indigenous Patient Liaison (IPL) program provides a bridge between Indigenous communities, their culture, and health care providers. The role of the IPL is to help bridge the gap b...
Kitimat
Enhancing seniors’ lives with personalized connections: Mountainview Lodge’s DementiAbility approach
Kitimat’s Mountainview Lodge (MVL) is home to 36 residents living with dementia and compromised mobility. Because 97% of the residents are living with dementia, the staff are trained in DementiAbili...
Career growth in health care fills a need in Kitimat
Ten years ago, Sue Cavanaugh relocated to Kitimat and started working for Northern Health as a health care aide. Since then, she and her family have come to call Kitimat home. Sue has grown her career...
Kitimat surgery is the latest surgical site to go digital
In February 2024, the Kitimat General Hospital and Health Centre became the latest Northern Health surgical site to go live with digital clinical documentation, as part of the SaferCare initiative.Mod...
Youth Voice Matters
Northern Health (NH) is excited to release a new social media campaign, named Youth 4 Youth (Y4Y), aiming to promote mental wellness and mental illness prevention in youth (ages 15-24). This campaign ...
Northwest Recruitment and Retention Ambassador: Eva Visscher
Eva Visscher is new to Kitimat and new to Northern Health. She joined the Northwest BC team in June 2023 as the Recruitment and Retention Ambassador for the region. Learn a little bit a...
What's in your COVID-19 toolkit? Vaccination is your best protection
As COVID-19 restrictions have eased across British Columbia, many are wondering what they can personally do to protect themselves, and the health of those around them. Northern Health board member ...
